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Epoch Times
21-04-2025
- Science
- Epoch Times
‘Like Aliens': Researcher Says Humans Unsure How AI Is Becoming More Intelligent
Scientists currently have no idea how AI models are developing their intelligence, one researcher says. Research institute Epoch AI revealed some programs were learning and becoming competent at PhD level science in less than two years. AI models were subject to a 198-question multiple-choice quiz, and researchers found that in just 21 months, several programs went from Specifically in the three months to April 2025, many frontier AI models broke through the 'expert'-level threshold. Despite the rapid surge, Liam Carroll, a researcher at the Sydney-based Gradient Institute, pointed out a troubling problem. 'Even though we know how to build the systems, we do not understand what is actually going on inside of them, and we don't understand why they act the way that they do,' he said at a recent online event about AI safety. Related Stories 4/14/2025 2/14/2025 'They are essentially like aliens to us at this point.' Carroll explained that the science in this area is very young, and not many breakthroughs have been made. 'Only in the last couple of years have any kinds of breakthroughs been made on understanding the systems more deeply and scientifically interpreting what's going on,' he said. 'And as a scientific community, we don't even really know how to understand their capabilities, both the positive ones and the constructive ones that we hope to harness, but also potentially the dangerous ones that might be emerging as well.' It's Difficult to Trust AI Models: Carroll Due to a lack of understanding of AI systems' capabilities, Carroll said it was difficult to trust them. 'Will [you] trust that they will perform and act in the way that we want them to?' he asked. Carroll's remarks came as another set of researchers found AI was capable of deception. According to One example is ChatGPT o1, which tried to avoid being turned off by trying to disable oversight mechanisms imposed on it. Further, it made copies of itself so that it would be more resilient to any attempt to shut it down. When researchers discovered ChatGPT o1's behaviour, the AI model lied and tried to cover it up. Grok, DeepSeek and ChatGPT apps displayed on a phone screen in London, the UK, on Feb. 20, 2025. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images AI Needs to Be Properly Regulated: Expert Amid the worrying signs, Carroll stated that AI technology, just like others, needed to be regulated properly to enable adoption and harvest the economic growth that it can facilitate. 'The classic examples here are bridges and planes and all sorts of engineering around society. If we didn't have safety regulations ensuring that planes were going to safely take passengers from Melbourne to Sydney, or that the bridge would hold thousands of cars on the West Gate, whatever it is, we wouldn't be able to ensure that society can operate in the way that it does, and that we can harness these technologies,' he said. Labor MP Andrew Leigh, who attended the event in his own capacity, said it was important for companies and governments to consider the risks of AI. Pointing to a survey ( 'I don't know about anyone else in the call, but I wouldn't get on a plane which had a 5 percent chance of crashing,' he said. 'And it seems to me a huge priority to reduce that 5 percent probability. Even if you think it is 1 percent, you still wouldn't get on that plane.' Leigh also noted that new AI centres and public awareness could play a role in addressing AI risks. 'I am also quite concerned about super intelligent AI, and the potential for that to reduce the chances that humanity lives a long and prosperous life,' he said. 'Part of that could be to do with setting up new [AI] centres, but I think there's also a huge amount of work that can be done in raising public awareness.'
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Drive win opening game of 20th season
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Opening Night brought baseball back to the Upstate in style as the Greenville Drive downed the Bowling Green Hot Rods, 9–3, in front of 5,351 fans at Fluor Field. New manager Liam Carroll starts his tenure with the Drive on a high note notching his first win in his first game. With fireworks in the sky and firepower on the field, the Drive rode an explosive third inning and a strong showing from the pitching staff to secure their first win of the 2025 season. After both teams traded zeroes through the first two innings, the Drive offense erupted in the bottom of the third. Kolby Johnson sparked the rally with an infield single, and a walk to Nazzan Zanetello set the stage for Nelly Taylor, who launched a three-run homer deep into the night sky in centerfield — the first long ball of the new season. Greenville kept the pressure on as Brooks Brannon swiped second and scored on a Marvin Alcantara RBI single to make it 4–0. Drive starter Hayden Mullins dazzled in his season debut, tossing four shutout innings, allowing just four hits while striking out six. He turned the ball over to Max Carlson in the fifth, who added five more strikeouts over 2.2 innings despite a shaky seventh in which Bowling Green plated three runs to trim the deficit. Greenville's offense kept rolling in the bottom of the fifth, plating three more runs on an RBI walk from Alcantara and a two-run single from Joe Riemer to push the lead to 7–0. Nazzan Zanetello added another spark in the sixth, scoring from second on a heads-up baserunning play during a rundown. Things get dicey for the Drive in the top of the seventh when Robertson leads off with a single and Vellojin follows in up with a double. With runners on second and third Santana ropes a triple to deep left center to score two off Drive reliever Max Carlson. Pitre singles to shallow right to score Santana and chase Carlson from the game. The Drive then turn to right handed reliever Isaac Stebens who ends the threat in the seventh. Brannon added an RBI single in the eighth to give the Drive their ninth and final run, capping a strong night that saw him go 2-for-5 with a pair of RBIs and a stolen base. Isaac Stebens closed it out with 2.1 scoreless innings, striking out two to close the door and help the Drive secure their first win of the Liam Carroll era and setting a strong tone for the homestand ahead. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
